Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has admitted that Marc Guiu is "evolving very well" ahead of Tuesday's Champions League showdown with Barcelona .

The season had initially looked very different for the Spain Under-21 international after he was loaned out to Sunderland in the summer before being hastily recalled amid the exit of Nicolas Jackson.

Guiu failed to feature in any of the first six games after his return, but the former Barcelona prodigy has been on an upward trajectory since playing an instrumental part of Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Liverpool on October 4.

After the 19-year-old set up Chelsea's match-clinching goal against Burnley on Saturday, there will be calls for him to start against the Spanish giants on Tuesday.

Speaking ahead of the at a press confer

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